Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, October 25, 1985

Melba Conway

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Melba Odom Conway, 67, a native of Oakdale, died Thursday in a Brownsville, Texas hospital.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

She was the widow of Wilmer Peyton Conway and the daughter of the late Richard Odom of Oakdale. She and her husband attended Oakdale schools. She lived in Brownsville, Texas since 1936.

Survivors include her mother, Betty Boyd of Shreveport; five sons and several grandchildren.